Victor,

The way you are linking (using the numeric ID code) makes this difficult. Is
there a reason you can't link on the firm name instead?

Tim Rude

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DataPerfect Users Discussion Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:39 AM
Subject: [Dataperf] Controlling sort order in a (sub) report


> I would like have a particular sort order in a subreport based on the
> following criteria.
>
> There are two panels:
>
> 1. The first panel contains names and addresses of law firms (each name
> has an additional unique code)
>
> 2. The second panel contains two fields, a field for the unique code to
> the law firm and a field for the legal specialism of that firm. There is a
> panel link from the second panel to the first on the code.
>
> In the seocond panel I wish to create a two-level report based on legal
> specialism with a sub-report for the name of the firm from the first
> panel. This produces the report as expected except for one thing.
>
> The sorting of the name of the firm from the first panel is controlled by
> the unique code. Ie the name of the firm is sorted numerically according
> to the order of the unique code. The unique code numbering does not match
> the alphabetical order of the name of firms.
>
> What I would like to acheive is the sub-report is sorted according to the
> alphabetical order of the name of the firm.
>
> I would be grateful to know if this possible.
>
> Victor Warner
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